Because the Cubit situation was unique, for methodological consistency let's take a look at other programs that had a full-year interim guy, and count how many head coaches they have had since we hired Ron Zook in 2005 shall we? I'll asterisk the interim guy.
Illinois - 4: Ron Zook, Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit*, Lovie Smith
Ohio State - 4: Jim Tressel, Luke Fickell*, Urban Meyer, Ryan Day
Baylor - 4: Guy Morriss, Art Briles, Jim Grobe*, Matt Rhule
Arkansas - 5: Houston Nutt, Bobby Petrino, John L Smith*, Bret Bielema, Chad Morris
North Carolina - 5: John Bunting, Butch Davis, Everett Withers*, Larry Fedora, Mack Brown
Minnesota - 5: Glen Mason, Tim Brewster, Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys*, PJ Fleck
So yeah, I'd say it's pretty much the norm.
Nicely put Gritty. Your “sickness” fills my college football knowledge void for whatever topic we happen to be discussing.
Keep it up!
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